Skid.



G. W. NICOLAUS.

SKID.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.20| 1914.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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G. W. NICOLAUS.

SKID.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-20. I914.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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GEORGE W. NICOLAUS, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO WILLIAM R. HOWARD, JOHN W. DEBELIUS, AND SAMUEL W. LIPPINCOTT, ALL

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

SKID.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed August 20, 1914. Serial N 0. 857,791.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. NIooLAUs, of Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skids; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide simple and highly eiiicient means for raising and lowering heavy packages to and from wagons, and 1s especially adapted for hand'ling large rolls of casks and the like.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2-is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view with the chains omitted. Fig. l is a sideview of a portion of a wagon-body showing a load on the skid;

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Fig. 5 is an end view of a wagon-body showing the skid tilted, in full 111185, with the load in position to be placed on'the skid or as discharged therefrom, the position of the loaded skid on the wagon being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 6 is an enlarged View of the means for securing the chains to one side of the wagon-body. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing the plate upon which the skid rests.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body of the skid which is preferably composed of two U-shaped parallel beams suitably braced together and in which are journaled the axle rods 2 of rollers 3, the latter projecting a short distance beneath the plane of the side bars. At one end the skid has a handle bar 1 extending laterally thereof, and at its other end a nose plate 5 which intersects the plane of the top of the skid. This top I have shown in the form of a concaved rest 5 secured to the upper flanges of the side bars and extending the full length of the latter, the curvature of the top serving to insure the proper seating of a cylindrically-shaped bundle or package, as shown in Fig. 4:. The nose 5 is especially adapted for use in loading, as shown in Fig. 5.

The length of the skid may be varied, but for ordinary uses I have found it advantageous to have its length slightly in excess of the width of the wagon body in connection with which it is to be used. For the purpose of detachably connecting the skid to the wagon-body to aid in loading and unloading, I employ flexible connections between the skid and the wagon, such connecthese chains 6 have hooks 7 connected thereto by means ofturn-buckles 8, said hooks bemg so formed as to engage the far or outer longitudinal edgeof the wagon-body 9 as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. These chains are of greater lengthftlian the width of the wagon so that when the skid occupies an inclined position, as shown'in Fig. 5, the

ends-0f the chains will extend diagonally beneath the plane of the wagon-body and thus afford, by reason of their bearingon the wagon-body, additional support to the skid, which latter is designed to fulcrum on the inner longitudinal edge of the wagon.

The greater part of the length of the skid being above the wagon body, the skid with its load may readily be turned into position on the wagon body, fulcruming on the edge of the wagon. When in its inclined position the skid is supported not only by bearing against the wagon body, but it is also supported at points beneath such bearing by the portion of the chains extending beyond the edge of the wagon.

For the purpose of insuring the easy sliding of the skid transversely of the wagon I provide a bearing plate 10 the length of which corresponds to the width of the wagon. At one end this bearing plate has a downwardly turned flange 12 for engaging the outer longitudinal edge of the wagon-body and thereby prevent the plate from moving when the skid is being slid 0d the wagon.

For the purpose of preventing injury to the sidewalk or curb by the lower end of the skid I may employ a wear plate 13, as shown in Fig. 5, said plate having a flange 14 for extending over the edge of the curb. To aid in loading heavy articles on the skid while the latter is in a horizontal position on the wagon, I may employ inclined blocks 15, as shown in Fig. 4, but any suitable means may be used for this purpose.

In practice, when it is desired to load heavy articles on a Wagon, the skid is made to occupy an outwardly inclined position as shown in full lines Fig. 5, the lower end of the skid resting on the wear plate 13, while the side bars'bear against the inner longita l positiomand is then moved transversely of the wagon so as to pro1ect substantially 10 equal distances on both sides of the latter.

,When a series of articles are-to" be loaded qeach'inay be successively rolled from the over the inclines 15. In unloading, each article 18 successively brought on to the top of the'skid, and the latter is then moved transversely of. the Wagon and then allowed to tilt, the weight of the skid'and load being largely taken up by thechains by which the skid is connected to the outer longitudinal 2 ,edgeof the wagon-body.

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l. A skld comprising an elongated body i designed to extend transversely of a wagon .1 'body'and to occupy an nclined posltlon relatively thereto when loading andunloading with the niaj or portion of the skid above the plane of the wagon body when in such injclined position, chains attached to opposite sides of said body at points between the lower end thereof and the point ofoontact of the skid with the wagon body when in its inclined position,- and nieans carried by saidchains ior attaclnng the freeends thereof to the wagon body 2. A skid comprising an elongated body designed to extend transversely of a'wagonbody and t'o occupy an inclined position rel atively theretoin loading and unloading, with the major por'tion of the skid above the plane of the wagonbody when suchinclined position, chains attached to; opposite sides of'sai'd bodynear whatisits lOW6If' 8Dd when'in an inclined position, and means car- .riedfby said chains for detachably connecting the free ends thereof-to the jside of the the skid is designed to restg said chains'being of such lengththat the ends thereof 0011- .nected to the skid will extend below-{the plane ofthewagon body when the skid oceuj pies-its inclined position. I

In testimony whereof; Ithave signed specification in the presenceof two subscribr ing witnesses.

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